Compensation of Top Executives: Determinants and Consequences

Dirk Jenter and Kelly Shue, Organizers

December 7, 2023

NBER, 1050 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA, Zoom

Conference Code of Conduct

Thursday, December 7
9:00 am
Coffee and Pastries
9:19 am
Competition and CEO Pay:
9:20 am

Competition and Executive Compensation: Evidence from Pharmaceutical Breakthrough Designations
Discussant: Xuelin Li, Columbia University
10:20 am

Performance Pay Plans, Power and Product Prices
Discussant: Michael S. Weisbach, The Ohio State University and NBER
11:10 am
Break
11:29 am
Labor and CEO Pay:
11:30 am

Pay, Productivity and Management
Discussant: Simcha Barkai, Boston College
12:20 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm

The Labor Market Impact of Shareholder Power: Worker-Level Evidence
Discussant: Steven N. Kaplan, University of Chicago and NBER
2:20 pm
Break
2:39 pm
Agency and Behavioral Frictions:
2:40 pm

Climate-linked Pay and Supply Chain Management
Discussant: Janet Gao, Georgetown University
3:30 pm

A Theory of Fair CEO Pay
Discussant: Edward D. Van Wesep, University of Colorado Boulder
4:20 pm
Break
4:40 pm
Practitioner Panel
Moderator: Kevin J. Murphy, University of Southern California
Panelists:
Ira T. Kay, Pay Governance (background paper1) (background paper2)
Peter G. Reali, Nuveen Investments
5:40 pm
Adjourn
6:30 pm
Dinner, Royal Sonesta Hotel, Skyline Room AB